Provided is a liquid food which can be fed through free fall and has a physiologically preferable viscous property compared with a liquid food having an extremely low viscosity. By the combined use of a thickener and an emulsifier a nutritional composition which sustains such a viscosity as facilitating the production thereof in the process from the blending of starting material to packaging and after heating shows a viscosity suitable for tube feeding through free fall can be provided. By the combined use of a thickener an emulsifier and a water absorbing dietary fiber furthermore a nutritional composition which sustains such a viscosity as facilitating the production thereof in the process from the blending of starting material to packaging and after heating shows a viscosity suitable for tube feeding through free fall can be provided.
